Zelenskyy notes lack of progress on territorial issues in talks with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the trilateral talks in Geneva on ending the war in Ukraine have produced no positive developments regarding territorial issues.

Source: Zelenskyy in a comment to journalists

Quote from Zelenskyy: "It's also a fact that no one sees any positive developments in territorial issues at this point. And we must acknowledge this."

Details: Zelenskyy told Japanese news agency Kyodo News earlier that Ukraine's very willingness to discuss compromises with Russia already represents a concession on Kyiv's part. He emphasised that Ukraine does not intend to cede any new territory to Russia.

Background:

• On the morning of 18 February, Rustem Umierov, head of the Ukrainian delegation and Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council (NSDC), said the second day of Ukraine-US-Russia talks on resolving Russia's war against Ukraine had begun in Geneva.
• Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation, said later that the 18 February round of trilateral talks in Geneva on Russia's war against Ukraine had wrapped up. He said the talks lasted about two hours and were difficult but business-like.
• Zelenskyy said that during the talks, the parties had agreed that monitoring of compliance with a ceasefire would be carried out with the participation of the United States.
• He later added that the political issues surrounding possible compromises and the essential meeting between the two leaders were not sufficiently worked through at the trilateral Ukraine-US-Russia negotiations.

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